Entertainment center site of couple's wedding vows

Reporter-News photo by Thomas Metthe
Dejah McCorkle, right, gets a hug from her mother, Barbie Hagler, after getting married at Primetime Family Entertainment Center on Friday.

The McCorkles' fairy-tale love story didn't begin like most but it ended with a wedding celebration like no other -- at PrimeTime Family Entertainment Center.

Over the distant thunder of bowling balls striking pins Friday, Dejah and Glen McCorkle exchanged vows. Although several couples have held receptions there, the facility had never previously hosted a wedding.

The couple filed a declaration of informal marriage, also known as a common-law marriage, at the Taylor County Clerk's office in April, days before their son Jace Raiden was born.

"There was no ceremony, no judge," Dejah said, "and kissing the bride was optional."

Glen works for Randy Vorhees, who owns PrimeTime in addition to Bookstore Manager Software, so when Vorhees donated the two banquet rooms as a wedding gift, the couple decided it would be the best place to celebrate their union with family and friends after the unceremonious actual wedding.

Tyler Wayne, Dejah's 5-year-old son from a previous marriage, served as ring bearer. When the flower girl, identified as Hayley in the wedding program, stopped to chat in the middle of her procession, Tyler was there to help keep her marching.

"I don't have to throw the flowers," she told Tyler with a stubborn expression on her face.

The couple danced their first dance to "Heaven" by DJ Sammy, perhaps thinking of the long road they had to take to get this celebration, as they gazed into each other's eyes.

The two will honeymoon in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with Tyler and Jace.